Silent No More

Public notice · sworn pending affidavit/Not findings of fact. Not legal advice. Pro se. Not a Daubert report, not a SCOTUS brief. First-person rows are her sworn account, to be notarized. Public-docket captions are cited by number. Private players are initialed. Public officials are named only from department posts, city news, AGO/DOJ releases, and PACER. An indictment is an accusation. No conviction is implied. Identification, journals, accounts, family names, streets, and device IDs stay with counsel.

Maryland Heights · Cliff House

The city that will not close the file.

2016 Meier hotel lot. 2016 Stewart beating. 2019 shooting of Cliff House. November 6 2019 — her case, still not disposed. May 6 2025 — Austell names Cliff House again. Thirteen days later he is a lieutenant.

2016

Stewart incident

4:21-cv-01282. Public federal caption.

2019

Shot, then her arrest

June: Ellis. November: Report 19-07141.

2021

Stewart v. Waldroup

4:21-cv-01282. Cliff House named.

2025

Austell filed May 6

4:25-cv-00644. Cliff House named. Promoted May 19.

Her 2019 case

What the public paper says.

  • Case 20SL-CR00805. Report 19-07141. Lab LAB-19-014038.
  • Possession except 35g or less marijuana. NOT DISPOSED.
  • $10,000 cash-only on the possession — as alleged on the June 28 2025 public notice. Still outstanding.

Booking inventories, bond-paper line items, hotel names, and co-defendant identifiers stay with counsel. They are not republished here.

The Cliff House docket

Five public stories. One officer.

  1. 2016

    Meier — hotel parking lot

    Mary Meier v. City of St. Louis, No. 22-2206 (8th Cir. 2023)

    E.D. Mo. / 8th Circuit

    Public Eighth Circuit opinion. Fourth Amendment tow. Cliff House is in the facts, not always the caption.

    Fact actor. On March 17, 2016, MHPD officer Cliff House spotted Meier's truck in a hotel parking lot. The civil case that followed named the City of St. Louis and Doc's Towing.

    Officers: Lt. Cliff House (then MHPD officer)

    8th Circuit opinion issued August 28, 2023.

    8th Cir. Meier v. City of St. Louis, 2023

  2. 2016

    Stewart — the beating

    Stewart et al. v. Waldroup et al.

    4:21-cv-01282-JMB (E.D. Mo.)

    U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

    Public federal excessive-force and unlawful-search suit, filed Oct 25 2021. Jan 30 2023: Judge Bodenhausen disqualified Bridgett Fu / Brinker & Doyen. Same Evelyn Lewis later retained by Rebecca.

    Named defendant. Also named: Officer W., Officer D., Officer Dv., Officer M., City of Maryland Heights. Cliff House is named from the public caption. The other officers stay initialed.

    Officers: Cliff House · Officer W. · Officer D. · Officer Dv. · Officer M.

    Federal civil-rights docket. Counsel disqualified 2023. Same officer later promoted, 2025.

    ArchCity press 2021-10-25 · E.D. Mo. Doc. 39

  3. 2019

    Cliff House shot — Menius Ellis

    State of Missouri v. Menius Ellis

    St. Louis County

    June 20 2019. Ellis fired at House and Devine. House was struck in the thigh and groin. Ellis later sentenced July 18 2022 to 20 years. Public press names both officers. Badges withheld.

    Victim-officer. Named in public KSDK / KMOX / FOX 2 reporting.

    Officers: Cliff House · Kevin Devine

    Ellis sentenced 20 years, July 2022.

    KSDK 2022-07-18 · KMOX · FOX 2

  4. 2019

    The 2019 case — Allen

    State v. Rebecca J. Allen — 20SL-CR00805

    20SL-CR00805 · Report 19-07141 · LAB-19-014038

    St. Louis County / 21st Circuit

    Nov 6 2019. Possession except 35g or less marijuana. NOT DISPOSED. Public notice: $10,000 cash-only still alleged. Bond paper and unpublished booking details stay with counsel.

    Petitioner catalog names Cliff House as the arresting officer. Badge withheld. That identity is her catalog and her public posts — not a Case.net screenshot on this page.

    Officers: Cliff House (petitioner catalog — badge withheld)

    NOT DISPOSED as of the petitioner catalog.

    June 28 2025 notice · petitioner catalog

  5. 2025

    Austell — new federal case

    Austell v. City of Maryland Heights et al.

    4:25-cv-00644 (E.D. Mo.)

    U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri — Judge Maria A. Lanahan

    May 6 2025 — thirteen days before Cliff House is promoted from sergeant to lieutenant. Public federal caption. Nature of suit 360.

    Named defendant, again. Public federal caption.

    Officers: Cliff House · City of Maryland Heights · City of Maryland Heights Law Enforcement Agency

    Open. Reassigned to Judge Lanahan October 2, 2025.

    PACER Monitor · Justia docket

Promotions in the pulse year

2025-05-16

Capt. Joe Eagan

Commander, Support Services → Retired — 39 years MHPD

MHPD public video: celebrated May 16 2025. City news: more than 43 years in law enforcement. One of the command retirements that closed by December.

2025-05-16

Digital Evidence Analyst (name withheld)

April 2025 Employee of the Month → Posted May 16

Public MHPD Facebook, same week as the Eagan retirement. Name stays off this page.

2025-05-19

Lt. Cliff House

Sergeant → Lieutenant

MHPD Instagram, Chief Carson announcement, effective May 19 2025. Named defendant in Stewart (2021) and Austell (May 6 2025). Promoted 13 days after Austell is filed.

2025-05-19

Sgt. Ryan DeVouton

Corporal → Sergeant

Same MHPD Instagram as the House promotion. Public name for the promotion. Stewart defendants who are not independently named in that post stay as initials.

2025-06-12

Sgt. Kendra House

Technology Coordinator → Retired — 25 years

MHPD Facebook June 16 2025: last Thursday, June 12, the department celebrated the retirement of Sergeant Kendra House, Technology Coordinator, 25 years MHPD, 27-plus years in law enforcement. Badge withheld. This is the IT coordinator on the wall.

2025-08-29

Ofc. Randy Thurman

Officer → Retired — 26 years

MHPD Facebook September 2 2025: celebrated August 29. One of the several other MHPD retirements in the pulse year. Badge withheld.

2025-12-01

Chief Bill Carson

Chief of Police → Retired — 40 years MHPD

City of Maryland Heights news: retired December 1 2025 after a November 21 ceremony. Last remaining officer from the original 1985 hire. Chief since 2012. The chief-and-captain turnover the notices keep naming was closed by December.

Named officers

Lt. Cliff House

Patrol → Sergeant → Lieutenant (May 19 2025)

Public KSDK 2019 shooting victim. Stewart 2021 named defendant. Austell May 2025 named defendant. Meier 2016 facts. Petitioner catalog: 2019 arresting officer on 20SL-CR00805.

Sgt. Kendra House

Technology Coordinator, retired June 12 2025

Public MHPD retirement. Not a named defendant in the federal captions above. 25 years. Petitioner X (19 Jul 2026): 'Cliff House and his retired sister the It wiz.' Sibling claim is her public post, not a city release.

Chief Bill Carson

Chief of Police, retired December 1 2025

City news. Last of the original 1985 hire. Command turnover closed by December.

Capt. Joe Eagan

Support Services commander, retired May 16 2025

City news / MHPD Facebook. 39 years MHPD. The captain in 'chief and captain retired by December.'

Ofc. Randy Thurman

Officer, retired August 29 2025

MHPD Facebook. One of the several other pulse-year retirements. Badge withheld.

Sgt. Ryan DeVouton

Corporal → Sergeant (May 19 2025)

Named on the same public MHPD Instagram as the House promotion.

Ofc. Kevin Devine

2019 shooting partner

Named with Cliff House in public KSDK / KMOX / FOX 2 coverage of the June 20 2019 Ellis shooting.

Officer W.

Officer

Stewart 2021, per ArchCity. Full name not independently certified on this page.

Officer D.

Officer — Stewart caption

Stewart 2021 defendant on the catalog. Kept as an initial until a public caption on this page names the rest.

Officer Dv.

Officer — Stewart caption

Stewart 2021 defendant on the catalog. The 2019 shooting partner who is public is Kevin Devine, above.

Officer M.

Officer

Stewart 2021 defendant. Full name not independently certified on this page.